Show I I I I I ROBBERY VICTIM I BEliEVED NEAR DEATH I I With his skull kull fractured in three places from blows of a heavy hickory ax ax handle Pai Paul Franich 35 is near I death at the St St. Marks Mark's hospital He was attacked at at a lonely spot on the Tooele road near Garfield smelter Thursday night with the apparent motive of f robbery Sheriff C. C Frank Emery and his deputies are making an investigation to learn the identity of the attacker Hopes of arresting the man re responsible responsible responsible re- re for the crime are are largely fastened on the hope that Franich will regain before his I death so that he will be able to tell I who was with him in the walk walli from I I the the- Garfield GarfIed station to the camp Ph Physicians have stated that there is little chance that the man will talk I II and that death is but a matter of I hours away but in the event that he I should talk tall a watch vatch is being maintained main main- main main-I tamed at his bed by several A Austrians Aus- Aus us- us his fellow countrymen employed employed em em- II bJ by Sheriff Emery Investigations are being made at I Garfield which point to a possibility of ascertaining the robber and possible possible possible pos pos- sible murderer whether Franich re regains regains regains re- re gains consciousness or not At Garfield Garfied yesterday Sheriff Emery found the hickory ax handle with which Franich was struck It is being preserved as evidence In the hope of other developments The sheriff believes that the attack was carefully planned by a man familiar with the fact that Thursday was pa payday day Franich left the smelter at p. p m. m Thursday for Salt Lake to buy working clothes lIe He carried with him but 7 1 the remainder of his pa pay having been left behind 1 He got back to the smelter station at p. p m. m and forty minutes later staggered Into the smelter in a semiconscIous semiconscious semiconscious semi semi- conscious con condition mum mumbling ling something something something some some- thing about the cars ars Men len about at the time thought that he was tryIng tryIng trying try- try Ing to tell them that he had fallen from the car and it was several severa hours later when hen the doctor completed completed com corn I a thorough examination of the skull before it was definitely determined determined determined deter deter- mined that the Injuries had been caused by blows Dr L. L i Robison Informed Sheriff Emery that he and his wife wite were driving along the Tooele road about 7 40 p. p m. m when they Franich and another man walking down the roadway They were apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap in friendly conversation and Franich's companion carried something something some some- thing that looked like a flashlight the doctor l This object Is believed by i t to have been the ax axI I handle The robbery theory Is further upheld upheld upheld up up- held b by the fact that Franich's I pockets were wrong side out when he staggered into the smelter The officers believe that the robber waited for tor Franich at the smelter thinking that he would return from Salt Lake with his pay check changed into cash The pair walked down tho the road to together together to- to gether ether were passed by Dr and Mrs Robison and then was struck I over the head according to Sheriff Emery I |